Mercy Offers Free Depression Screenings

Sep 30, 2009

Mercy Offers Free Depression Screenings

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Canton, Ohio: Could you or someone you love be suffering from depression? Mercy Medical Center is offering free depression screenings from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8 at the hospital, located at 1320 Mercy Drive in Canton. Appointments are required.

National Depression Screening Day began 18 years ago as a nationwide effort to screen individuals for the most common mental health disorders: depression, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.

“People suffering from depression and other disorders often do not recognize it themselves,” says Suresh A. Patel, M.D., medical director of Behavioral Sciences at Mercy Medical Center. “Typically it’s loved ones who first notice the warning signs.”

For more information or to make an appointment, call Mercy’s Healthcare Connection at 330-489-1333 or 800-223-8662.

Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville, North Canton, Plain Township and Tuscarawas County. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay. For more information, see www.cantonmercy.com.